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| ==How to Find Records== | | ==How to Find Records== |
| ===Online Records=== | | ===Online Records=== |
| | | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/628296?availability=Family%20History%20Library Civil registration, 1881-1951] |
| *'''1881-1951''' {{RecordSearch|4318337|Belize, Civil Registration, 1881-1951}} at FamilySearch - [[Belize, Civil Registration - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
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| ===Offices to Contact=== | | ===Offices to Contact=== |
| | | ==Historical Background== |
| '''Government of Belize'''<br>
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| [https://www.belize.gov.bz/browse/Details/5 Vital Statistics Unit]<br>
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| New Road and Hyde's Lane<br>
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| Belize City<br>
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| Phone: +(501)-223-5625 / +(501)-223-7405<br>
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| Fax: +(501)-223-5635<br>
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| '''[https://www.belizeembassyusa.mfa.gov.bz/ Embassy of Belize]''' <br>
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| 2535 Massachusetts Ave NW<br>
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| Washington, DC 20008-2826<br>
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| Telephone: (202) 332-9636<br>
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| Fax: (202) 332-6888<br>
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| Email: reception.usa@mfa.gov.bz<br>
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| [https://www.belizeembassyusa.mfa.gov.bz/vital-statistics-forms Vital Statistics Forms] has application forms to request a certificate of a birth, marriage, or death through the Embassy of Belize in Washington, D.C.
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| ==Background== | |
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| "Vital Statistics Unit (VSU) is a General Registry in Belize that is accountable to register major events such as births, deaths, marriages, adoptions and deed polls... (Margaret, Edwin, 2007).
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| The VSU have two main locations which is in Belize City and in Belmopan...Technology has impacted the performance of VSU and slowly eliminating paper-based to electronic copies."<ref name=":0">Evaluating Customer Service at the Vital Statistics Unit:
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| A Customers’ Perspective, by Ellen Rudon, Danay Chavarria, Zayri Cocom, Nashla Mendez, and Kensworth Williams (University of Belize: Management Information System, University of Belize, 2018),
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| [https://www.google.com/search?q=Belize+the+Vital+Statistics+Unit+(VSU)+of+the+General+Registry&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS850US850&oq=Belize+the+Vital+Statistics+Unit+(VSU)+of+the+General+Registry&aqs=chrome..69i57.2624j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Link to a downloaded pdf of Evaluating the Success of VSU Customer Service], p. 1.</ref>
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| ==Coverage and Compliance== | | ==Coverage and Compliance== |
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| UNICEF is working to enforce immediate registration of births at hospitals through secure technology. (Williams, 2015).<ref name=":0" />
| | United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division |
| | | https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/meetings/wshops/Guatemala/2016/docs/Session10-Belize.pdf |
| For additional information about civil registration in Belize, see [https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/meetings/wshops/Guatemala/2016/docs/Session10-Belize.pdf ''Civil Registration in Belize''], United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division.
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| ==Information Recorded in the Records== | | ==Information Recorded in the Records== |
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| ===Birth Records===
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| Information about child:
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| *Date of birth
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| *Place of birth
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| *Name
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| *Gender
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| Information about parents:<br>
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| *Name of father
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| *Maiden name of mother
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| *Occupation
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| *Address
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| Other information:<br>
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| *Informant's name, description, address
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| *Date of registration
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| *Name of Registrar
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| *Name, if any, added to registration
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| ===Marriage Records===
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| Information about the bride and groom:
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| *Date of marriage
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| *Place of marriage
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| *Names and surnames
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| *Whether under or above age of 21
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| *Condition (marital)
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| *Rank or profession
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| *Residences
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| Information about fathers:<br>
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| *Name and surname
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| *Rank or profession
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| Other information:<br>
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| *Names of those who solemnized the marriage
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| *Names of witnesses
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| ===Death Records===
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| Information about deceased:<br>
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| *Race
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| *Date of death
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| *Place of death
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| *Name and surname
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| *Gender
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| *Age
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| *Rank or occupation
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| *Cause of death
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| Other information:<br>
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| *Name of medical practitioner
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| *Informant's name, description, address
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| *When registered
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| *Signature of registrar
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| == References == | | == References == |
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| [[Category:Belize]] [[Category:Civil Registration]] | | [[Category:Belize]] |
